Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.

Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.

I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them

An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and belive in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality.